Tim Sherwood has thrown his hat in the ring to be Sunderland’s next manager if, as expected, Sam Allardyce gets the England job.

Allardyce and his club are waiting to hear back from the Football Association, who have tried to carry out an exhaustive search for Roy Hodgson’s replacement.

Hull City’s Steve Bruce , Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe and the United States of America’s former Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann are contenders for the job, but Allardyce is widely seen as the favourites.

With their new season kicking off at Manchester City on August 13, Sunderland will want to move quickly if they do lose Allardyce – they are yet to make a signing this summer – and former Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur boss Sherwood has gone public with his interest.

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“Absolutely,” he said, when asked directly in a radio interview.

“You never know until you get in. You have to wait until you get in there. But, yes, I want to get back into work, but only with the right opportunity.”

Sherwood’s abrasive style won him many fans in his early time as a manager, but his chairmen were less convinced.

He replaced Andre Villas-Boas as Tottenham coach in 2013-14, and won half of his 28 games in charge. But it was only enough to see Spurs to sixth in the table and he was sacked at the end of the season, a third of the way into his 18-month contract.

Sherwood led Villa to the 2015 FA Cup final, having taken over in February. But his aggressive style appeared to wear thin in his second season, and by the time he made way for Remi Garde in October, the Midlands club already looked doomed to relegation.

Others would appear to be above him in the pecking order for the Stadium of Light job, namely David Moyes, Burnley’s Sean Dyche – a previous target – and former Everton manager Roberto Martinez.